Author Archives: Janice McDonnell

Hi everyone! Hope your summer is going well.  This week we are posting about sand castles.  If you remember, we had a sand castle building contest during the AM of our trip to Sandy Hook.  Al and Sandy at the New … Continue reading →

We would like to thank everyone for joining us for the 2012 4-H Summer Science program.  We will be blogging every week through the summer to reflect on our time together and help you think about interesting things you can … Continue reading →

Passaic County Teen Presentation The teens from Passaic County 4-H presented a summary of their 4-H science activities from the past year. They have been very active as 4-H Science Ambassadors in their community since the first summer science program … Continue reading →

Sandy Hook Today we went on a trip to Sandy Hook to learn about marine science. Our trip included a tour of the Howard Marine Sciences Lab, a stop at the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium (including a visit with … Continue reading →

Today, we participated in lab sessions in nutritional science, microbiology, anthropology, genomics, environmental engineering, and DNA extraction. Nutritional Science In this activity we baked muffins with some ingredients missing. There were five different recipes – each with a different ingredient … Continue reading →

Today we participated in lab sessions in environmental science (GPS/GIS), food science, microbiology, green engineering and biotechnology, ocean science, and toxicology. It was a long day, but in the end, we learned so many things about science that we otherwise … Continue reading →

Welcome to our Blog for the 4-H Summer Science Program! Here we will post our activities and ideas about our experiences at summer science camp. Here is a recap of everything we did on our first day: Challenge Course The … Continue reading →